Category: Communications

Dear Lawton Families, I want to start with a big shout out to our amazing School Counselor, Erica Barry, for organizing last week’s fun and well-attended Career Night and Volunteer Appreciation event – and to all the Lawton family members and PTA Board, who gave their time to share details about their careers with our …

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Lawton Families, Welcome back from Spring Break! With no inclement weather days so far this year (hooray!), and our last day projected for June 21, the spring brings us so many fun events to look forward to – including field trips for many grade levels, Career Night (and Volunteer Appreciation) on April 23, the PTA …

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Lawton Families – It’s April already (no fooling!). In March we celebrated all things STEAM, and in April we highlight reading, poetry, and literature at Lawton. We’ll have poetry readings by Library Leaders in a variety of settings (whole school and in classrooms), a Spirit Day to dress like a favorite literary character, and Library …

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Lawton Families – Spring has sprung! Hope you are enjoying the gorgeous weather, and there was a wonderful buzz in the air last week at Lawton as we focused on STEAM (and Pi/pie!). We are so grateful for the gracious support of the PTA, parent volunteers and passionate staff to make the events of this …

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Dear Lawton Families, Last week the Magnolia and Blaine communities were notified that a man in a car had approached students walking on the sidewalk and exposed himself to them. This incident was reported to SPD by parents, but it is now the 2nd time since January that an incident of this nature has happened …

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Lawton Families, I hope you are all enjoying the Presidents’ Day Holiday today and have a wonderful mid-winter break this week! Arrival and Dismissal Reminders – as we return to school on Feb. 26 Morning Arrival: With later sunrises, we are excited to see more students walking to school in the morning. Safety Patrol is …

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Lawton Families – I’m so impressed by our amazing students these last couple weeks – from Kindergarten students reciting a poem for their 3rd grade buddies, all 3rd grade students taking turns as fish biologists, monitoring the water and temperature of our Salmon Tank (and our salmon roe have turned into alevin this week – …

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Lawton Families, Wow – can’t believe we’re already at the mid-year mark in the school year – it’s been a great year at Lawton so far! School Budget Survey This is the time of year that our Building Leadership Team begins to plan for our programs, enrollment, staffing and budget for next year, and we …

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Lawton Families – I hope everyone had a relaxing Winter Break and happy 2024 to our Lawton community! We had a great first week of the new year last week, with our students happy to see friends and classmates after the break, our classes focused on new units of study, and our Newspaper Club publishing …

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Lawton Families – As we head into the last week of school before our Winter Break, here are some announcements and reminders for you to consider: Elementary Progress Reports The EPR will be available on Monday, Dec. 18 in the Source – we only print the final progress report in June, so you can find …

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